How to draw KINDA KORNY

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Kinda Korny is a ribbon-style tangle from California CZT Janet Masey and this is her first tangle on the site.

Janet introduces herself and shares how she discovered the Zentangle art form:

I’m a retired hairdresser of 45 years in San Diego, California. In 2012, one of my clients was processing highlights under the dryer and during her down time was “tangling”. I asked her what she was doing and she started to tell me her new-found love of Zentangle and had just been certified to teach. Right away I planned a group of eight friends at my house and had Rho Densmore teach a class. After the class, a high school friend of many years, Susan Bowden, both looked at each other and said “I love it and want to become certified”. Let’s do this together.

It took an entire year to finally get into a class in Rhode Island, but finally, in June 2014, I became a Certified Zentangle Teacher. Since then I have taught throughout San Diego city/county at many different locations. My favorite part in sharing Zentangle is the “ah ha” moment when each participant sees what I experienced in that first Zentangle class.

I’ve taught at over 50 different libraries in San Diego. Also, SD Zoo summer camps, Hospice, SD Oasis, Community Center, Recovery Solution Summit, Psychiatric Recovery Center, Addiction Recovery Festival, International Yoga Festival, SD Schools, Teachers In-Service, special interest groups, fabric stores, Hobby Lobby, homes/churches as well as private classes. Each class I have taught is usually a class of 20 or more. The Zoo summer Camps had 75 students in each class. Many counselors came by the auditorium to see how one person could keep 75 young kids quiet for 1.5 hours.

My friend, Susan, was so grateful for finding Zentangle because her Mom had just passed away and she was missing her best friend. She told me that Zentangle brought her life back from the loss of Mom. Usually someone from my classes comes up after and shares what Zentangle has brought to them that day. These stories are why I teach. Meditative and healing art method and I’m proud to be part of this group.

After 11 years of becoming certified, I still teach each month and can’t wait to share my next class.

Janet explains how she came up with Kinda Korny:

I came up with this tangle making a fall Zendala for my class. Using the ‘Nzeppel tangle technique and adding “candy corn” image, created this fun little tangle. Who doesn’t think of candy corn in the fall?

For my example of Kinda Korny just for fun I thought I’d reverse where the orbs in Step 4 and the strokes in Step 5 go but after I added the strokes in the middle I liked where I was at so I skipped the orbs. So it’s not quite what Janet had in mind but it was fun to do nonetheless 🙂

Janet illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Kinda Korny below and she shows it “in the round” in a colorful ZIA example.

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